[KLUG Members] connecting to a cisco VPN

[awilliam at whitemice.org]

> I need to connect to a government Cisco 3000 VPN concentrator from my
> Linux box. They are telling me that I need to download a Cisco 3000 VPN
> client software and compile it into my kernel.

You should be able to compile a module FOR the kernel, without compiling 
THE kernel.

> Besides the fact that I've never been able to successfully compile a
> kernel and have it still work like it did out of the box, this seems a

Agree, even I don't compile kernels anymore;  and there is very very very 
little reason to ever do so.

> bit like overkill. Doesn't Linux have VPN client software that will make
> a new virtual interface for this Cisco VPN?
> Anyone ever connect to a Cisco 3000?

No;  what kind of VPN is it?  PPTP, IPSec, L2TP, etc...  Cisco's can do 
lots of different things.